Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us--and read more

Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us--and those around us -- more effectively. Look for the learning.

People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.

People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.

People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles.

People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles.

to be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else means, read more

to be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else means, to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting.

Trust, but verify.

Trust, but verify.

Thought is a dangerous thing; it makes one see that the popular notions of society are wrong.

Thought is a dangerous thing; it makes one see that the popular notions of society are wrong.

I bring to my life a certain amount of mess.

I bring to my life a certain amount of mess.

Character is not made in a crisis -- it is only exhibited.

Character is not made in a crisis -- it is only exhibited.